Table 2.

The relationships between the expression levels of miR-128-3p(2^−ΔCt) in lung cancer tissues and the clinicopathological factors of patients with lung cancer.

Characteristics	Case No.	MiR-128-3p relative level (2−ΔCt)		χ2 test	P value
		High	Low
Total cases	65	33	32
Gender
Male	33	16	17	0.14	0.7083
Female	32	17	15
Age (years)
≤60	23	10	13	0.7571	0.3843
>60	42	23	19
Smoking history
Yes	27	9	18	5.618	0.0178*
No	38	24	14
Histology
Adenocarcinoma	47	22	25	3.748	0.1535
Squamous carcinoma	14	10	4
Other type	4	1	3
Tumor location
Left	26	14	12	0.1641	0.6854
Right	39	19	20
Differentiation
High and moderate	11	8	3	2.554	0.11
Poor	54	25	29
Tumor size(cm)
≤3	51	34	17	9.168	0.0025**
>3	14	3	11
TNM stage
I–II	42	29	13	7.116	0.0076**
III–IV	23	8	15

^*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01.